LANC Offices and Projects
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) provides legal services to eligible clients in geographically
located offices
throughout North Carolina and through special,
statewide projects and
regional projects.
Local LANC Offices
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LANC Statewide Projects
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) also operates six statewide projects
that focus on special areas of the law.
Advocates
for Children’s Services (ACS) provides free legal representation
for children who are in need of medical, psychiatric, special education
and foster care/adoption services to which they are entitled under state
and federal law. (office in Durham)
Battered
Immigrant Project (BIP) provides comprehensive and culturally appropriate legal services
to battered immigrants across the state of North Carolina, such as legal
assistance with domestic violence protective orders, family law issues,
public benefits and immigration Issues.
(offices in Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh)
Domestic
Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) provides legal assistance to battered women and/or domestic violence
victims and strives to strengthen the working relationships between
legal services and domestic violence programs throughout the state.
(DVPI attorneys are located in LANC offices across state.)
Farmworker
Unit (FWU) (División
para los Trabajodores Agrícolas)
provides free legal assistance to migrant workers who are working
in North Carolina.(office in Raleigh)
Mortgage
Foreclosure (Prevention) Project (MFP) provides quality legal representation in foreclosure actions involving
low-income families who live in North Carolina. The MFP team members
are located in various LANC offices and act on referrals from Legal
Aid of North Carolina offices and community organizations throughout
North Carolina. The MFP also collaborates with other
organization to to save homes and reduce foreclosures
through the
Home Defense Project (HDP).
Senior
Law Project (SLP) specifically serves clients that are 60 years of age or older.
Special priority is given to the population consisting of those seniors
with the greatest economic or social need; however, clients who are
age 60 or older are exempt from income limitations and eligible for
our services. The SLP team members are located in
various LANC offices.
Regional Projects
Low-Income Tax
Clinic (LITC) provides low-income North Carolina taxpayers with
representation in federal and state tax controversies and educates
individuals about their rights and responsibilities as U.S.
taxpayers. The Clinic serves low-income individuals in 61
counties of Eastern North Carolina, the Triad Area and the Triangle
Area. The LANC LITC is based in the
LANC-Greenville
Office.
Medical-Legal Partnership
for Children (MLPC) in Durham provides an opportunity for
pediatric providers to refer patients for legal assessment in
situations where a non-medical obstacle is impairing the overall
health of a child. The
LANC-Durham Office partners with the Duke University Law
School's Children's Law Clinic, Duke Hospital's Duke Primary Care
for Children, and Lincoln Community Health Clinic to to assist
low-income and at-risk children in and around the Durham area.
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Mission Statement
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that
provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in
order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers
to economic opportunity.